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G. A. LE FEVRE.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1919.

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Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

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G. A. LE FEVRE.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1919.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LE rnvRn or RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro PAXFLAT BARR L'& CRATE coRroRerroN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

BARREL.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed. November 22, 1919. Serial No. 339,776.

vdent of Richmond Hill, Queens county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in barrels, more particularly that class of barrels in which the body portion of the barrel can lie out flat for shipment or storage,

and can be rolled up around the heads and fastened together when it is to be used as a barrel. My invention comprises the construction of a barrel of this kind in which the slats are spaced apart so as to make a ventilated structure, and also one in which the edges of the staves or slats meet. The object of my invention is to improve the construction of this type of barrel and make it so that it can be conveniently used or shipped, and construct it so that it willbe unusually strong and yet flexible. In order to get increased strength I use outer and inner thin flexible metallic hoops which lie opposite each other, the inner hoops following the contour of the slats and meeting the outer hoops between the slats so that the latter are bound between the inner and outer hoops. The said outer andinnerhoops are also fastened firmly together thus making a very strong yet flexible structure. My invention also comprises an improved form of head which can be used in this type of barrel, and other features the construction and advantages of which will hereinafter appear.

Reference is to be had to the accompan ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the barrel set up ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a broken inside elevatlon of the outer hoop as preferably constructed.

Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view of the inner hoop.

Fig. 1 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view showing the preferred method of fastening the hoops together.

Fig. 6 is a broken end View showing how the slats can be arranged to form a tight barrel.

Fig. 7 is a broken inside elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a broken detail sectional view showing the preferred means of fastening the head in place.

Fig. 9 shows a way of fastening the outer hoops together at the ends.

Fig. 10 is a cross section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 11 is a broken outside view showing a means of securing a middle hoop to the barrel, and

Fig. 12 is a cross-section of the structure shown in Fig. 11.

The body of the barrel is formed to be of a belt-like structure so that it can be laid out flat or rolled up for use, and comprises a series of parallel straight slats or staves 10 which in the ventilated structure are spaced apart, and the slats are held together and in proper relation by a thin flexible outer hoop 11, and a thin inner hoop 12 which is preferably narrower .than the outer hoop. These inner and outer hoops are used at the barrel ends, and can be used in the intermediate sections of the barrel if desired. The inner hoop 12 follows the contour of the slats or staves, and is bent inward between the slats as shown at 13 so as to fit snugly against the slat body, and a flat short section 14between each bend fits against the outer hoop 11. The inner and outer hoops 11 and 12 where they meet are fastened firmly together so that each slat will be bound in place between the hoops, and the hoops can be fastened together in any suitable and convenient way. A preferred way is shown in which clips 16 are struck up from the outer hoop in pairs, being punched out as shown at 17 and the inner hoop 12 at the parts 14: lies between these clips 16 which are then doubled inward and forced firmly down upon the inner hoop, thus clamping it securely in place. This is shown very clearly in Figs. 5 and 10. Obviously the hoops might be welded or otherwise fastened together, but the construction shown is a very strong and inexpensive structure, and it stiffens the meeting hoops greatly between the slats. To prevent any possible slipping of the hoops on the slats, the metal be fastened together in any convenient way.

I prefer to fasten them in the way indicated in F ig. 9. I-Iere the ends of each outer hoop are doubled over to form hooks 18, and a flexible wire 19 can be wrapped around the hooks and the ends of the gether as shown at 20. l

' The middle hoop 11 if one is used, can

wire twisted tobe of the structure already described, and

any desired number of these hoops can be used between the end portions of'the barrel, or the outerhoop 11 can be allowed to slide endwise between'staples'26 which hold it can he slipped endwise and from dropping off the slats 10 or 10, which will be presently referred to,"and thus after the end hoops are fastened, the hoop 11 drawn up tightlyand fastened as already described, or the ends can be fastened in any other su1table Way.

The conventional barrel head can be used if desired, the slats being grooved for the purpose, or the form of'head shown in Fig. 8-can be used. This I prefer, and this is especially adapted to the form of the barrel in which the slots or staves meet at the edges, although it can be used on either the ventilated or tight form. As'shown the slats 10-10 are provided with croze grooves 21, and the groove 21 receives a bead 22 on a strip of channel iron 23 which extends around the edge'of the head 24. It will be seen that the channel iron member 23 serves to hold the members of the head together in case the head is made of several pieces, as is usually the case, besides afi'ord' ing a convenient means of making a secure connection between the head and slats.

' If a tight barrelis to be used the slats 10"" have their edges meet, and these edges are I prferably beveled slightly asshown in Fig.

6 so that the barrel can be folded up into cylindrical shape and the beveled edges will meet tightly. Inthis form of structure the hoops are-arranged at the ends of the barrel,

and the edges of the slots 10 can be notched as shown at 25 where the edges meet to make room for the bends 13 of the inner hoop. 'Where :this structure is used, the head, as

shown in Fig. 8, is arranged so as to come just below the notches 25, so that the middle or containing portion of the barrel will be tight.

'From the foregoing description it'will be I seen that a very simple and strong structure fis'providefd'which can be easily and cheaply made, and which can be shipped or stored in a flat condition, around the heads, the gether and the barrel made ready for use.

have shown and described a cylindrical structure like a barrel, but it will be obvious that if the heads are of rectangular or other shape, the body portion may be fitted around them just as well as if the heads were circular. 0

I claim I 1. A structure of the kind described'having a body portion'forined of parallel slats, outer fiat flexible hoops extending straight across the several slats, means for fastening hoop ends fastened to the ends of the outerhoops together, inner bands extending across the'inner sides of'the slats and inward between the slats to meet the outer hoops, and means for fastening the inner bands and the outer hoops together at their meeting points.

2. Ina barrel, the body portion comprising a series of parallel slats,'a thin fiat flexible hoop on the outer sides of the slats, a flat flexible hoop on the inner portion of the slats, the inner and outer hoops meeting between the slats but being continuous 'at' their meeting points, and fastening means to secure the inner and outer" hoops together.

3. In a barrel'thebody" portion comprising a series of parallel slats, a thin flexible hoop on the outer sides ofthe slats, a thin flexible hoop on the inner sides of the slats, the said hoops meeting between the slats, and clips on one of the hoopsarranged to be doubled over the other two hoops together.

4:. In a barrel, the body portion comprising a series of parallel slats spaced apart, a thin flat metallic hoop on the outer sidesof the slats,'a thin flatmetallichoopon the and the said hoops being fastened together where they meet between the slats.

5. In a barrel, the body'portion comprisingparallel slats spaced apart, athin flexible metallic hoop on the outer sides of the slats, a narrower metallic hoop on the inner sides of'the' slats, the narrower hoop following the contour of the slats and beingfibent inwardbetween them so as to meet the outer hoop, and clips on the outer hoop arranged to double over upon the inner'hoop between the slats. Y 6. In a'barrel, the body portion having parallel slats spaced apart, a thin flatflexible outer hoop connecting the slats, .a thin flat'flexible metallic inner hoop following the contour of the slats and meeting the outer hoop fiatwise'between the slats,'said hoops being fastened together "between the slats, and'means for fa'stening one of the and easily rolled up hoop to fasten thew hoop members to the slats to prevent sliphaving a metallic binding strip on the outer mg. edge with a bead thereon to enter the croze 10 7 A structure of the kind descrlbed comgroove.

prising parallel slats, flexible hoops con-.

5 necting the slats and permitting them to lie GEORGE LE FEVRE' flat or be rolled up into barrel form, the Witnesses: slats having transverse croze grooves on WARREN B. HUTGHINSON,

their inner sides near the ends, and a head M. G. ODONNELL. 

